Montréal occupe le 3e rang pour le plus grand nombre de choix lors des 3 premières rondes au cours des 3 prochaines années.
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QuebecNoDiques
@Canadiens de Montréal
Montréal occupe le 3e rang pour le plus grand nombre de choix lors des 3 premières rondes au cours des 3 prochaines années.
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QuebecNoDiques
18 Comments
This really puts things into perspective. There’s been considerable buzz lately about who the next Newhook or Dach might be, with many assuming that Winnipeg’s pick will simply be part of a larger trade package to speed up the rebuild. Management feels confident in this approach due to our substantial number of picks, and it seems to be generally well-received by the fan base.
What are your thoughts? Should we aim for more picks to increase our chances of finding a standout player, stick with our current picks, or trade some to accelerate the rebuild?
Personally, I don’t like the idea of « accelerating a rebuild, » but if Dach can stay healthy, I believe he has the potential to be a point-per-game player. While it’s a gamble, it could pay off.
Fuck at the risk of turning this into a leafs bash post—-
This really highlights how poorly ran the leafs have been in recent years, they have the fewest picks the next 3 years and by far the least success out of all the other teams around that range.
Somewhere there are six kids in grade ten who we will draft in 2026 and who will raise the cup in 2032
Somewhere there are six kids in grade ten who we will draft in 2026 and who will raise the cup in 2032
Thanks Marc Bergevin for that awesome Salary Cap Management !
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Really would be interesting to see a comparison to 5-10 years ago.
Man, when I see all the cap space so many Eastern teams have, and then our measly 8 mil, oh man…
That’s gotta be some kind of trifecta
The only thing I give Bergevin credit for is stockpiling picks. Except for the 1st rounder he flushed away for Dvorak, he did pretty well in this regard.
Patience, trust our great leaders. We got this. Slow and steady. One piece at a time.
Our cap space is horrible for the situation we are in. Thanks Mark!
we’re in for an interesting decade
If the cap space increased before COVID like it was supposed to, things would be different
We will sign many mid players as usual
Toronto and Boston will be circling the drain right around the time we’re ready to compete for the division title.
Seeing the prospect ranking for Ottawa, Boston Tampa and Toronto mean Buffalo, Detroit and Montreal have a promising opportunity ahead of them in the next several years.
lost in a lot of rebuilding discussions is the distinction between building a « hockey team » and « collecting good players ».
Buffalo and Ottawa have done a great job collecting good players. but they don’t have good « hockey teams ». they don’t have chemistry, they don’t give af about each other, and their playstyles don’t mesh well and compliment each other.
what I see from the way the canadiens have been building their team, is that there seems to be an emphasis on personalities, and players having roles on the team that fit their skills. they seem to like acquiring canadian players as well (newy, dach, math)
If we have a lot of picks like that, I think that helps the case for trying to improve the quality of the pick.
But, it’s hard to say what they know, and what the players might be available at what phase of the draft. And they might not have enough information to make a decision like that until they see how the picking has developed.
Idk what the prospects are like, so, I have no idea if that would be a good idea.
But, I feel Montreal is very close. And I like the types of people we have in management, so, I am optimistic that they will make good decision given the available information.